Bill Viola: The Eye Of The Heart DVD £7.99 @Play.com

Next cheapest £13.98 at Amazon. Not for everyone but a rare cheap Bill Viola DVD for those into avant garde video.

Bill Viola has been exploring video art since its beginnings in the 1970's, and is increasingly recognized as one of the most important visual artists working today. His work includes single-channel pieces as well as large scale sound and image installations.Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart is the first portrait to have been made of this crucial artist. The film features Viola at work, extracts from some of his major works, and in-depth interviews with Viola himself.Producer and Director Mark Kidel, one of the world's leading makers of arts documentaries, was granted unprecedented access to Bill Viola and his personal archives.In the film Viola talks passionately about his life and the events and artistic influences that have driven his work: from his childhood memory of near-drowning, to the artistic exploration and political activism of his youth, and on to the death of his mother. The film also explores the connection between Viola's work and the mystical traditions of East and West.